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I agree about PPC being the best choice if gaming is your main focus. I remember feeling pretty limited by my '040 machine by the mid-late-90s. But you already have that covered by the G4... so it really seems like you should decide on the form-factor first, since the beigeness-and-System 7 seem...

This page seems to have great Google juice, so I'll bump this old thread to mention that I have rebuilt maceffect's original table and have it as an Excel file or CSV. The forum doesn't let me attach those file types, but here it is in PDF, in case it helps anyone.

Thank you for providing this list! Here is my attempt to reconstruct your table, maceffects. I didn't verify this data first-hand yet, but did reconstruct manually from all the line breaks in your original post. I have this in MS Excel and CSV format, but I'm not sure how to import that into...

Thanks! Do you have any recommendations for component suppliers (USA / Canada)? I've ordered caps & ports from Mouser before.. curious of any other names for electrical parts

Hello! I'm in the process of restoring a Classic and discovered that the main, chunky, AC power switch is bad. I borrowed one from my Classic II to confirm that the switch is the source of the problem. So, this leads me to several questions for you folks :) Can the plastic switch case be...

Will-do, some Deoxit recently arrived in the mail! Thanks so much for all the helpful and quick replies!

Thanks! I'll give it a fresh OS install, once I figure out how to make those disks. The seller didn't include the system software floppies as advertised, and this is my first "floppy only" project :) I'll definitely give the AB a recap as well, thanks. Could the issue of it not seeing the 32MB...

Hello all, hoping someone might be able to help me get to the bottom of this. I opened a recent eBay purchase of my long-sought-after Color Classic II, and was immediately disappointed by lacklustre packing (resulting in some case damage) and a computer that boots to gibberish characters. I...

Ah, gotcha! Everymac calls it "DB15" so I got confused... and I forgot that it had the older Mac display connector -- I had one back in the day, and would love to have one again sometime. Very rare though. Mine had a few dead pixels, so Apple replaced under warranty, but didn't have the Rev A's...

What do you mean by the DA-15 version? I'm pretty familiar with the models from around that time, just not this particular name... are you referring to the ADC version (the single cable from screen to Mac) that was made around the G4 Cube time?

Perfect recommendations - two go-to peripherals back then! :)

THANK YOU! It seems like the Spigot is what I'm after! It sounds like I could probably see a video in signal using their (rudimentary) capture app. Funnily enough, I can see based on browsing history that the "Simply TV" came up during my initial research, but seems like it was video OUT...

Great! That one was listed as PowerPC so I took a gamble on it to use in a 6400 board-swapped project... but if it works in 68K boards too (630 and 580) that's amazing!

I actually purchased the second-to-last one that seller was offering - they did respond to "best offers" ;)

I'll just add a bit of context: in my prior (limited) research, it seemed like the Performa/LC 630 was the first desktop (aside from the dedicated Macintosh TV) to have a video in / tuner card. And it was a card specific to that model range - not LC or PDS, but a card + expansion slot...